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			A powerline network consists of one or more powerline devices that share a common <acronym class="acronym">NMK</acronym>. One device on the network is in charge of the network and known as the Central Coordinator (<acronym class="acronym">CCo</acronym>). All other devices on that network are known as stations (<acronym class="acronym">STA</acronym>). Each device maintains internal information about the network to which it belongs. You can view that information at any time.
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				Display Network Information
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# int6k  -mieth3
eth3 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Fetch Network Information
eth3 00:B0:52:00:00:BB Found 1 Network(s)

	network-&gt;NID = 77:23:0D:91:06:6E
	network-&gt;SNID = 6
	network-&gt;TEI = 1
	network-&gt;ROLE = 0x02 (CCO)
	network-&gt;CCO_DA = 00:B0:52:00:00:BB
	network-&gt;CCO_TEI = 1
	network-&gt;STATIONS = 1

		station-&gt;DA = 00:B0:52:00:00:AA
		station-&gt;TEI = 2
		station-&gt;BDA = FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
		station-&gt;AvgPHYDR_TX = 0 mbps
		station-&gt;AvgPHYDR_RX = 0 mbps
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			The example above prompts the local device on interface <strong class="userinput"><code>eth3</code></strong> for network membership (<strong class="userinput"><code>-m</code></strong>) information. Device <code class="computeroutput">00:B0:52:00:00:BB</code> responded and reported that it belongs to one powerline network. The first block of information identifies the network <acronym class="acronym">CCo</acronym>. The second block of information identifies a network <acronym class="acronym">STA</acronym>. This second block will repeat when multiple stations are present. Each device on the network has a unique Terminal Equipment Identifier (<acronym class="acronym">TEI</acronym>) within the network. The average <acronym class="acronym">PHY</acronym> rates show the data rates between the reporting device and each <acronym class="acronym">STA</acronym>. In this cases there has been no traffic.
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